Top 5 Most Ruthless & Notorious Drug Dealers The world of drug trafficking and organized crime is an extremely dangerous way to make a living. Sitting at the top of this lawless industry are a select few who made a name for themselves running drug cartels that rivaled the biggest business empires in the world. These are the top 5 most ruthless and notorious drug dealers. 5. Amado Carillo FuentesDubbed as " The Lord of the Skies," Amado Carillo Fuentes rose to prominence as a leading Mexican drug lord because of his innovative and brazen use of converted passenger aircrafts to shuffle cocaine and narcotics from Columbia to Mexico and then into the United States. Born to an impoverished family in 1956, his uncle, Ernesto was a prominent leader of the Guadalajara Cartel. 4. Griselda BlancoToday, men mostly run the world of cocaine and drug trafficking but back in the 80s, Griselda Blanco was a name known for her drug empire and utter ruthlessness. Known as "The Godmother," Griselda had a troubled past. As a child, she and her mother lived in poverty in the small town of Medellin, Columbia - the same town where Pablo Escobar would hail from. When she was just 11 years old she kidnapped a young boy and demanded money from his family in exchange for his safe return. The family called the childs bluff and didn’t pay so Griselda simply shot him in the head. 3. Dawood Ibrahim KaskarDawood or Bhai to his cohorts, originally lived in Dongri, a small city in Mumbai, India. Born in 1955 is the Son of a former police constable and a housewife, Dawood first encountered mob life when some local gangsters killed two of his friends. It was then that he decided to create D-Company, along with his brother. D-Company, short for Dawood, is now considered the largest organized crime group in South East Asia. 2. El ChapoKnown as the "most powerful drug trafficker in the world," Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera, also known as "El Chapo" is a name almost everyone is familiar with. His rise as the leader of the Mexican, Sinaloa Cartel is a tale of patience, ruthlessness and opportunity. Born in a small rural town in 1954, El Chapo lived in poverty and under an abusive father who was a small time drug dealer. After he was kicked out of his home as a teenager, he decided to follow his father's path and grew marijuana, selling it and supporting his family with the income he made. 1. Pablo EscobarBorn in Antioquia, Colombia in 1949, Escobars father was a farmer and his mother, an elementary school teacher. He spent his younger years in the nearby town of Medellin where as a teenager he began his criminal career stealing gravestones from cemetery owners who had stopped paying for site maintencance. He would sell these off to make money and eventually got involved in various petty crimes but his big break, which also served as a good training ground for the future kingpin, was in the "Marlboro Wars" where Escobar played a high profile role in controlling smuggled cigarettes around Colombia. so those were the Top 5 Most Ruthless & Notorious Drug Dealers They say that crime doesn’t pay. But for a brief while, these people flourished under the drug trade, building their empires on top of the suffering of many.Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices